This a great first step in the ongoing, multi-year effort to fix California’s broken charter laws. AB 1505 is the result of collective action and organized collaboration between educators, parents and our communities throughout California.
Alex delivered the following State of the Union speech at the 2019 Leadership Conference in July. "We will never forget 2018-19. An historic strike with unprecedented wins. The largest public sector strike in a single city of the United States in years. The first large strike since Janus, sending a pro-union message nationwide. The first Red for Ed strike in a blue state, challenging Democrats on their terrible record on funding and privatization. A strike being studied internationally..."
“For years, we have heard anecdotally from parents, public and charter educators that the charter industry under-enrolls students with disabilities. For the first time, we can now quantify those stories using data from three of the three largest charter authorizers in the state..."
“Building the Power to Reclaim Our Schools” will serve as a blueprint for bringing together students, parents, teachers, and community for the common good.
Congratulations on another academic year doing some of the most important work in the world: educating our students. As we head into the summer, take a moment to recognize the historic year we had together.
This Charter Task Force was established in large part because of pressure generated by our strike. The majority recommendations of the Task Force are essential starting points
We want to start by appreciating you, UTLA members. Many of you participated in precinct walks, community events, phone banks, and making sure to vote and take family and friends with you. All of that said, a loss is always disappointing, and the results with Measure EE are no different.
As a 45-year educator serving in various capacities, including classroom teacher, principal, superintendent and finally, college professor, I call upon the public to vote in favor of Proposition EE.
On Tuesday, Los Angeles voters will have a unique opportunity to bring much-needed resources to our city’s public schools. I support Measure EE because as a professor of education at UCLA, I know that Los Angeles schools are underfunded.
There is one overwhelming punchline for all of us between now and June 4: We need to vote, we need to get others to vote, and we need to precinct walk to pass Measure EE. Jackie Goldberg’s 71% to 29% landslide victory on May 14 was a watershed moment.
